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League and Manager both spread wings

New season, new age groups, new clubs, a new venue, and there will soon be a new Community Football and Competition Manager with news that Paul Taylor is moving into a new role within AFL NSW/ACT. After nearly eight years

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Start your career in sport with the AFL in Coffs

Are you keen to start a career in the sport industry having finished school this year? Then look no further as AFL NSW/ACT is offering a Young Leader traineeship in the Coffs Harbour office! This role will gain experience in

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Deja and Ruby shine for NSW/ACT Indigenous team

Two of Northern NSW’s finest young female Indigenous talents have shone in a match played between the AFL NSW/ACT Indigenous and Multicultural teams in Sydney on Sunday. Deja Barlow (North Coast) and Ruby Spark (North West) have both participated in

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Grow footy, get paid, have fun!

AFL NSW/ACT is seeking casual Development Officers to work in every town across the region, where the focus will be on recruiting school aged children to our great game. The role is particularly suited to school leavers who are looking

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Rocket, Scott, George lead the way … but need more to join

THREE long serving umpires are approaching the incredible milestone of officiating a combined 1,500 AFL North Coast matches. Rod MacPherson, Scott Bellamy and George Massaad have all been umpiring for more than two decades. Trying to recall when he first

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Greeny joins the AFL Northern NSW team

  A life time love of footy is about to become a job of passion for Brad Greenshields who has been appointed to the role of Competition Co-ordinator for Northern NSW. Having started out as a junior player with Bayswater

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Position vacant: Competition Co-ordinator Northern NSW

Following the recent decision that has seen the North West competition become an AFL managed League, a new position of Competition Co-ordinator is being recruited by AFL NSW/ACT to help to deliver competitions across Northern NSW. The Competition Co-ordinator role

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Level 2 Coaching Course is open for applications

AFL NSW/ACT is pleased to announce that applications for the next intake of the Level 2 Coaching Course are now open! All club coaches are required to be qualified to a minimum standard of Foundation (Level 1) course accreditation. This

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Jaxon’s football journey finds an unexpected shortcut

The pathway to Indigenous and multicultural representative teams may have been postponed due to COVID-19, but that isn’t stopping AFL NSW/ACT providing opportunities for football development to players like Jaxon Mawson Gulliford. Although there’s no opportunity to play or train

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Shoosh for Kids campaign launches

Shoosh for Kids

Written by Leyla Kaya. AFL NSW/ACT has partnered with the Office of Sport for the Shoosh for Kids Week campaign. The aim of the campaign is to encourage Clubs to create safe and supportive environments for kids playing sport, and to

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